Carriage-spring



(No Model.)

' N. A. NEWTON.

CARRIAGE SPRING.

Patented Oct. 26,.1886.

Min 68868.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON A. NEWTON, OF KALA MAZOO, MICHIGAN.

CARRIAGE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,708, dated October 26, 1886,

Application filed August I, 1886. Serial No. 210,263. (No model.)

Figure 1 represents the buggy or carriage in its natural position with springs attached.

Fig. 2'represents the box or body of buggy or carriage .in an inverted position with springs, shackles, and attachments.

Fig. 3 represents the spring on which this petition is based, and consists of the flattened portion (when attached to the body of carriage) n; B B, the straight and round portions of the spring, and a the coil in said spring, which I claim has a double action of torsion and coil combined in one piece, the torsion existing in the straight part B on under side of body, the outward end of'which is allowed to move freely in the boxes 0 c, as represented in Fig. 2, for all of which I claim simplicity in construction and efficiency in action.

are represent the shackles by which the springs (of which there are four-one at each corner) are attached to the bar or axle, or spring B B, in front and rear.

I claim as my invention The spring B, bent so as to form the coilspring a, the torsion spring B, and the arm '14, for attachment to the wagon-body.

NELSON A. NEWTON. In presence of J. H. BOSTWICK,

MARY A. NEWTON. 

